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A Metaphor for Life
My favorite T-shirt is more than just a casual top to wear; it gives me something significant to think about. What’s the motto on the front? “Jazz: A Metaphor for Life.” I bought it seven years ago at the Michigan Jazz Festival and I’ve been sporting it ever since. This summer, I’ve been thinking about how I can incorporate more of its meaning into my daily life. Here are 5 ways you too can take advantage of the assets of ‘jazz’ every day. Improvise. When you find yourself facing a … Continue reading
Posted in well-being, your self
Tagged accomplishments, challenge, connection, flow, friends, improvise, Jazz, passion, resiliency, take a chance, talent
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Have You Heard the One About…
If you’ve been feeling happier the last few weeks, it could be due to the arrival of spring, the onset of daylight savings time, the holidays shared with family–or the fact that April is National Humor Month. Lots of things can be funny – slapstick, satire, irony—but most have at least a tinge of truth to them. Like one of Yogi Berra’s most well known malapropisms, 90% of the game is half mental. Humor often results when our brains, trying to resolve two incongruent ideas, look for any unexpected and … Continue reading
Posted in stress, well-being
Tagged comedian, comedy, connection, creativity, endorphin, exercise, fun, health, laughter, medicine, National Humor Month, pain, problem solving, stress, well being, Yogi Berra
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Let’s not Pigeonhole Millennials
Did you know that, according to the older generation, kids today have a sense of entitlement and are clueless about how to communicate without social media? A pigeonhole is an overly restrictive category, which fails to reflect the actual complexities. And pigeonholing is exactly what we’re doing to the eight million Millennials, born between 1980 and 2000. According to the media, Gen Y has created a new developmental stage between adolescence and adulthood called adultolescense. More of them are living with a parent than a partner, in part because they’re … Continue reading
Posted in adult children, stress, well-being
Tagged adultolescense, connection, divorce, economics, GenY, marriage, Millennials, parents, social media, student loans, support, unemployment, volunteering
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Millennials and the Holiday Spirit
Although it may be the holiday season, as far as presents go that doesn’t mean a whole lot to Millennials. Like so many other issues, they have their own ideas about gift giving. Apparently what they want is cash, mostly to pay down college costs and other debt. So much for the negative stereotype that those born between 1980 and 2000 are lazy and have a sense of entitlement. Millennials are laboring under a collective $1 trillion in debt from student loans and still struggling to find jobs. Yet … Continue reading
